Jlm: 21, I'.xi'.i. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Screen-covered Greenhouses That Passed Safely Through Heavy Hail. 



Genistas. 



J\oep late winter rooted cuttings of 

 genistas potted on. They should make 

 nice stock in .jindi or (iincli puts before 

 fall. Keej) the shoots pinched to give 

 the plants u thick, bushy h.ibit. and 

 jdunge thein in a bed of ashes in a cold- 

 frame. Older i)lants, which liave been, 

 or should be. jdunged outdoors sdine time 

 ago, will be making plenty of growth 

 now, and it will be necessary to go over 

 them once in tiiree or four weeks with a 

 jiair of shears and trim them inl<i slia]ii'. 

 It is, we often think, a ]iity tiiat all 

 genistas grown commercially aic trimmed 

 in such a topiarydike fashirtii. Plants 

 naturally grown are much nunc iicauti 

 ful, and it is a (juestioii wlicllicr it wnidd 

 not pay some grow(>rs to break away 

 from the stereotyped style aihl let some 

 plants run uj) a little. Of cduise. ;i lit 

 tie trimming is necessary in all c.-ises, 

 Init the tendency is to ovi'rdu ii. 



Gladioli. 



<!laili(di now idoom over i|nite a long 

 season, l-'lowcrs of tlie C'ohiilei lype are 

 on the m.arkets in I'rhruary and Mardi. 

 while the last of the ( Jandaxeii-js t \ pe 

 grown outdoors last until th<' • ■ ' '' 



speare we have had better results with 

 bulbs the second season than the first. 



The earliest jdanteil outdoor t)at(di will 

 soon be starting to push uj) their spikes. 

 Tliesc and all succeeding batches are look- 

 ing uncommoidy well this season, thanks 

 in a large measure to abundant moisture. 

 The lioe or cultivator should be run 

 through the rows after cNcry shower. 

 'I'he more the surface soil is stiri'ed, the 

 faster the pl.-ints will giow. Any bulbs 

 still un])lauted slundd go in the ground 

 without delay. Set a little deeper than 

 in the casi> of spring planted bulbs. Last 



batches, but they work in usefully when 

 outdoor (lowers are on the wane ;ind be- 

 fore indoor (lowers are plentiful. 



The present season has shown a de- 

 cided partiality on the |iart of the public 

 t'or two varieties, both peacdi |iink in 

 color, r;iadiolus nanus I'e.acli I'dossom and 

 Anieiica. The tlorist wlio stocks up ]iea\- 

 ily on these two \;irieties will not go tar 

 astray. They aie e.acli of a color which 

 the general publii- is looking foi'. 



Wli 



Palms, 



e had TiO 



inteu-^eh hot 



I'ii'i id' ( (i 



i;ivM\ii ouioiHiir5 liifti iimii i lie i .mi im \ m- 



tober. Where the most desirahli' colors 

 are grown, there is a fairly goo<l demand 

 for the spikes all through the summer 

 months, and with asters and sweet peas 

 they are tlu^ most important of outdoor 

 l1ow(M's for marketing. 



Late pl.aiitings indoors \\ill cui'Minie to 

 gi\e some spikes for ;i while lunger, liiil 

 these are mostly now (>n the wane. As 

 probably the bemdies in \\liiih iliey liave 

 been grown are wantecj tor oiiei- cro|is, 

 the bulbs can be dug uf> and heeled in 

 outdoors to lipen (df. Sonn' yladioli, 

 notably the white \arie(ies. m.ake better 

 bulbs under glass th;in outdoors, au'l it 

 pays to carry them over a second season. 

 Of course, it is necess.ary to carefully 

 ripen the bulbs. If this i< done they 

 are excelh^nt for forcdng a secuud season. 

 With -America. Snow White ami Shake 



Effect of the Hail on Unprotected Glass. 



season we laid our bulbs in trenches, 

 gave these a soaking witli the hose, pulled 

 the soil ii\ei- tlie bulbs, and they came up 

 ijuickly in .•in extremely hot ami dry 

 'uonth. The Inte planted buHis do n.it 

 give ns stnuig spikes a^^ the earlier 



we.-ither this summer, the longest day be- 

 ing reached without '.Mi degiees in the 

 •^liade tiMn|>erature heing rei'orded. it is 

 unlikely that torrid weather will be nuich 

 longer delayecl. Palms ha\e not iiee(led 

 a hea\\' ^liadinu, thank-; to the absence 



